Old Henry
Hobsons Brewery in Cleobury Mortimer, Shropshire, England 🏴
Bitter - ESB / Strong Bitter Regular|
Score
6.46
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A rich auburn ale with complex malty flavours and a richness balanced by the clean hoppy finish. A signature brew for Henry Hobson that embodies the Hobsons art of brewing beyond their weight.
Old Henry is a premium British ale brewed with the finest local Maris Otter barley and Worcestershire hops - Goldings and Challenger.
Old Henry Bottle Notes - Old Henry is a bottle conditioned beer which contains sediment, pour carefully and best stored upright at cellar temperature 10 - 12 degrees. Available in bottles all year round.
Cask Notes - Old Henry is available in cask in the Autumn.
Old Henry is a premium British ale brewed with the finest local Maris Otter barley and Worcestershire hops - Goldings and Challenger.
Old Henry Bottle Notes - Old Henry is a bottle conditioned beer which contains sediment, pour carefully and best stored upright at cellar temperature 10 - 12 degrees. Available in bottles all year round.
Cask Notes - Old Henry is available in cask in the Autumn.
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7/10
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 May 2026
at 15:12
6.9/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 6.5
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 7
Bottle at home picked up from Amazon thanks to mum. A clear copper amber coloured pour with a a speckled greyish sticky head. Aroma is nutty, green liquorice, brown bread, apple, toasted malts, . Flavour is composed of semi sweet, layered malts, singed sugars, toffee, green liquorice, spicy, ginger snap, green spicy, Palate is semi sweet, some resin, sticky, moderate fine carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Feb 2026
at 22:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 7
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 7
Overall 8
Old rating from 04-11-14 - 500ml bottle from my UK trip. It pours dark amber with a white foamy head. Aromas & tastes of caramel, dark fruit, medicine, hints of spice & malt. Medium body. Smooth mildly bitter finish. Very enjoyable
Tried
from Bottle
on 14 Jun 2025
at 16:48
5.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 6
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 5.5
Tried
on 31 Dec 2024
at 02:16
7/10
Thanks Simon. Smooth mild malty beginning. Hints of grain, nice Ale characteristics. Soft with a light malty back. Slightly sweetish, round with a subtle bitterness.
Tried
on 17 Oct 2023
at 21:26
6.5/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 6
Texture 6
Overall 7
Rocky off white on a clear copper coloured body. Sweet, malt & caramel aroma. Medium bodied, smooth with a tingle on the back. Malt, caramel, berry & toffee tastes with a long bitter finish. Great pint of Bitter.
Tried
on 12 Feb 2023
at 17:29
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Tried
on 12 Dec 2022
at 16:14
7.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 6.5
Bottle. Appearance is amber, with a 1-2 finger clingy beige head. Aroma is malt, caramel dark fruit traces. Biscuity nutty malt. Taste is malty hoppy bread, caramel hints, nutty malt, rich fruity bready hops.
Tried
from Bottle
on 13 Nov 2022
at 20:12
6.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
Flasche 0,5l: Kupfer, rubin, glasklar, stabiler mittelporiger Schaum; leicht fruchtige + kräftig malzige Nase, malzig-fruchtige Süße, dezente fruchtige Hopfennoten, helle/eingelegte Früchte, Malz, Malzzucker, Honig, Karamell, fruchtig-malzige Bitterkeit; leicht fruchtiger + würziger Körper, leichte Süße, dunkle Früchte, eher trockene Hopfenaromen, florale/kräutrige Noten, kräftig Malz, Getreide, etwas Karamell, cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure; fruchtig-würziger Nachgang
Tried
on 20 Jun 2022
at 07:26
7/10
Bottle online from The Hobsons Brewery. Pours a slightly hazy copper colour with a medium sized creamy off-white head. Aromas of caramel, dark fruits and toasty brown bread. Taste is more caramel and dark fruits with toasty burnt brown bread and peppery spice. An earthy hop lingers on the finish. Medium body, low carbonation and smooth slightly oily mouthfeel. Quite a nice beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Nov 2021
at 22:56